Assessing the aorta with transesophageal echocardiography: Update on imaging capabilities with today's technology

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 157-172

  López Candales, Angel ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA INJURY; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344131386     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1999.10.1.717     Document Type: Article

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